The purpose of the Pothole Project is to catalog potholes and other hazards in hopes that the City of Davis will fix them. Raised sidewalk slabs and other pedestrian hazards should be directed to the Sidewalk Crack Project. If you spot pavement problems, upload them to this page and indicate the date and specific location of your observation. Councilmember Lamar Heystek will check this page as often as possible and forward all issues to the city's Pavement Manager Nancy McKee. He will update this page as necessary when any problems have been taken care of.

In the 2006 election, Heystek campaigned on a platform of improving our streets, sidewalks and bike paths by establishing a maintenance fund in the city's budget for these projects. His rationale was that streets, sidewalks and bike paths were among the most basic of city services — on a daily basis, every Davis citizen made contact with concrete and asphalt. His first tangible success in response to a constituent's concern was the inclusion on the city's list of streets for repaving the section of Oeste Drive between Antioch Drive and Eighth Street. The 2006 Road Rehabilitation Project was approved at his third City Council meeting.

Post your Potholes:

2007-07-27 07:14:22 NOt a pothole per se, but if you are going over the Richards Overpass into South Davis, in the left hand lane there is a section near the crest, that has a huge unexpected bump..... —JamesSchwab

Ive experienced that one many of times. The funy thing is that it still catches me off guard. -MattHh

2007-07-27 07:31:24 Part of the wording seems to duplicate the Sidewalk Crack Project. Maybe you were unfamiliar with it and you might want to link the 'raised slab' wording to link to that instead? —WesHardaker

2007-07-27 07:54:55 Thanks for your comments, Wes! I had no idea about the Sidewalk Crack Project. —LamarHeystek

It appears the preceeding two comments were made while driving over each pothole sequentially. :) -KJM

2007-07-28 22:13:51 Not a pothole, but the roundabout on Shasta could use some reflective paint on it, it is very difficult to see at night even when you know it is coming up —DavidGreenwald

2007-07-31 02:29:08 Although the City of Davis does not have jurisdiction over State highways, can we still make a request to fix the highway pavement? especially the pavement along the westbound 80/113 junction? —JohnWong

2007-10-18 10:19:01 There's an annoying little pothole in the bike lane on the West side of F St just South of 5th Street. I hit it with my bike and poo-jar my crotchal region everytime. —WillGaggioli

2007-10-25 19:56:19 As you turn from 3rd northbound onto L Street with a bike your natural path takes you right for this hole. —JasonAller

2007-12-11 19:15:52Oak and Russell east side crosswalk Oak and 8th, not really a pot hole, but bike tires fit into the gap of the drain —JasonAller

2008-04-22 13:27:15 Actually Lamar had nothing to do with the paving of Oeste, the street had been on list long before Lamar was even on the Council. In his defense he never claimed credit for it in the first place. —Nancycat

2010-04-13 01:45:22 I think this one is CalTrans territory, but the freeway exit going from Westbound 80 to Northbound 113 (in front of the Equestrian Center), there is one NASTY pothole. The thing is huge, and I'm not sure how deep it is, but I think I heard someone speaking Cantonese as I went past... —Flynn